SAN FRANCISCO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER

2008-2010 BIENNIAL REPORT

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From the Board of Directors

and Executive Director
Greetings from the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center!
As proud as we are to share this report of the Center’s two-year record of accomplishments, we’re even more proud
of the many, many names it contains. They are the names of the Center’s friends; names of people whose lives we
have touched, who’ve invested time and money in our vision, and of people who visit and benefit from the Center’s
programs and services. Together with your name, they comprise a roll-call of our community, and that’s what the
Center is all about. The Center is here to connect the diverse members of our community to resources, opportunities
and each other to build a stronger, healthier and more equitable world for LGBT people and our allies.
We’re coming up on our tenth year, a significant milestone. It’s been a long and at times difficult road to get here.
We’ve done it with your support. The entire Board, staff and cadre of Center volunteers’ efforts have created a strong
foundation. As a result, we truly believe that we are at an exciting turning point – one from which we will grow stronger
and that now allows us to embark on new initiatives to support and benefit our community.
In the coming year, these initiatives will include investing in technology, and increasing our online presence and the
resources available to you; solidifying the Center’s finances; and reconfiguring the Center’s community and rental
space to better suit the community’s needs.
As a team, the Board and Executive Director are leading our fundraising efforts, building a diverse and committed
board of directors, and advocating vigorously and effectively in the community. We’ve made great progress in the past
two years and are excited as we move forward!
This is all about responding to the changing needs of our community and creating a Center that celebrates and
safeguards our strong community values of compassion, tolerance and self-expression. For everyone.
There is something for everyone at the Center but our services and celebrations need you to make them part of the
community. We hope to see you soon and often.

Debbie Chaw James Williamson REBECCA ROLFE

Board Co-Chair Board Co-Chair Executive Director
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A Stronger, Healthier and

More Equitable World for You!
The mission of the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center located in San
Francisco’s world-famous Castro/Upper Market District is to connect our diverse community with opportunities,
resources and each other to build a stronger, healthier and more equitable world for LGBT people and our allies.
There is something for everyone, including you, at the Center. Our building and services are designed
to foster greater opportunities for people to thrive, celebrate LGBT history and culture, and organize and build a
legacy for future generations.
Our solar powered, state-of-the-art facility is open six days a week. We host dance parties, award
ceremonies, fashion shows, wedding ceremonies and receptions, support groups, meetings, movie festivals, play
rehearsals, board retreats and many other functions. The David Bohnett CyberCenter provides free computer
access. Short-term, sliding-scale rental spaces serve groups ranging from 10 to 400 in size; long-term office leases
are available for up to a dozen other nonprofit agencies.
All of our direct services are available to you free of charge. Many are designed for community
members most in need, including youth, job seekers, children and families, city newcomers, women and the
transgender community. Programs include:

• Economic Development. Get expertise and support when you’re searching for work, starting a business,
dealing with job discrimination, buying a home or need financial planning for your family. The first LGBT program
of its type in the country, we serve over a thousand individuals like you annually. Because transgender people face
additional workplace discrimination, the Center provides specialized one-to-one skills building, mentoring and
advocacy through our collaborative Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative (TEEI).

• Health and Wellness. Take good care of yourself at the Center. Our HIV/AIDS program prevents infection
through social networking and peer support for city newcomers. Our Information and Referral program can
connect you with hundreds of LGBT-friendly services and resources you need to thrive.
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• Children, Youth and Family. It takes a village to raise a child, and at

the Center LGBT families find both the free childcare and peer support they
need to raise the next generation. In local schools and in the streets, the Center
advocates for and empowers LGBT youth. San Francisco school programs
include curriculum development, youth empowerment and advocacy.
LGBT youth who travel to San Francisco in search of sanctuary can find at
the Center hot meals, HIV testing, social activities, educational workshops,
and leadership opportunities.

• Community and Policy Initiatives. You can make long-term change

happen from the ground up by organizing with others at the Center. Gather
to plan, organize and respond to important emerging community and policy
issues such as marriage equality and employment protection. The Center
makes sure LGBT voices are heard through timely calls to action, getting the
word and people out.

• Arts and Culture. You can enjoy the creative Bay Area community at the
Center throughout the year with art exhibits and collaborative showcases, often
produced in collaboration with other organizations. Our affordable gallery and
performance spaces bring artist and audience together to highlight emerging
and established queer art, celebrating our culture’s richness of self-expression.

Please join us today in being the change you wish to see in

the world. Attend one of our many events, become a community volunteer, or
consider making a financial investment in the Center—the life you change may be
your own. For more information, visit our website at www.sfcenter.org or call us
directly at 415-865-5555.

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Center by the Numbers
• Job seekers attending job fairs at the Center this last
year: 615
• Unemployed transgender people who have been placed
into jobs in the first three years of the Transgender
Economic Empowerment Initiative: 150
• Leases secured last year by small businesses in the
Castro with the assistance of the Center’s Economic
Development Program: 6
• New business start-ups assisted last year through
loan workshops, loan packaging and business plan
development: 39
• People annually accessing our Information and
Referral services: over 5,000
• Percentage of mental health services, sexual/and
or domestic abuse, HIV/AIDS or general health /
health access referrals given through Information and
Referral program: 60%
• Condoms distributed at the Center last year: over 5,000
• Versions of the Poz Guy Resource Guide published: 2,
English and Spanish
• Workshops on HIV prevention and other health issues
last year: 20
• Art projects created in KidSpace last year: 612
• Hours of free childcare provided through KidSpace last
year: 1,248
• Number of times KidSpace providers have wiped
noses: 208
• Percentage of adults surprised by how hard children
can kick in KidSpace’s Aikido Course for 7- to 10-year-
olds: 100%
• Juice boxes consumed in KidSpace last year: 624
• Meals served over last year to homeless youth: 953
• Percentage of young people participating in Youth Meal
Night, LGBT Studies Class, Prom and other activities who
feel the power to seek social change: 90%
• Percentage of school board members who, after hearing
from Center youth advocates, voted to approve an
increase in resources for LGBT youth: 100%
• Hot Cookies consumed by 200 youth at the Center’s
4th annual Youth Prom: 500
• Active partnerships with local community-based
organizations: over 70
• Meeting rooms for rental to community groups and
businesses: 10
• Community calls to action and public policy initiatives
launched in past year: 10
• Balloons used in Center’s recent Pride Parade
float: 450
• Ratio of visits to the Center from House
We believe
Speaker Nancy Pelosi to youth drag shows: 1:1 in a healthy
• Number of times “her look was flawless” was
uttered in connection to either House Speaker
San Francisco.
Nancy Pelosi or participants in the youth drag
show: 4 Kaiser Permanente is pleased to support
• Cultural events the Center has hosted through the San Francisco LGBT Community Center’s
its arts program, SF TEAM, Center Women 9th Anniversary Celebration.
Present and Latino Forum: 170
• LGBT artists who have shown their work at the kp.org
Center: over 75
• Temperature controlled gallery space square
footage: 620
• Rainbow Room square footage: 2,300
• Ceremonial Room square footage: 1,500
• Computer classroom equipment: 25
computers, 4 scanners, 3 printers and 1 video
projection system
9th
• Public access David Bohnett CyberCenter
equipment: 10 computers, 1 scanner/printer
and full Internet access
• Average number of unique monthly visitors to
the Center’s website last year: 11,224
• Center Facebook fans and Twitter followers: 8,953
• Center Facebook fans whose primary language
is Pirate English: 14
• Average number of building visitors to the
Center per month: 9,000
• People attending the Center’s Soiree 8
anniversary celebration: 723
• People in gold lamé hotpants at Soiree 8: 3
• Cups of coffee ingested by our Executive
Director in a year: 2,816
• Rolls of toilet paper used at the Center last
year: 1,520
• Estimated annual amount of energy and cost
savings from the Center’s 96 solar panels:
27,000 kilowatts and $5,000.
• Cubic feet of land fill diverted through
aggressive composting efforts: 4,056
• Dollars we will save by recent building
mortgage refinancing: $200,000
• Community members who have volunteered at
the Center: 833
• Average monthly value of volunteer
one more?
involvement: $10,205
• Average monthly volunteer hours: 504
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Center Community Profiles

Joshua Shrader, Program Participant
After relocating to San Francisco, Joshua found being new to the city daunting and stressful. Joining
the Center’s San Francisco Newcomers’ Assistance Program (SNAP!) helped him meet new people
and develop nourishing relationships. Since 2007, he has helped plan, organize, and run many
social and networking events for SNAP! events that build community and prevent isolation among
many gay, bisexual and trans men. According to Joshua, “SNAP! has always helped me out when
I’ve needed some help, and in turn I’ve been able to provide for and witness what kind of impact a
community program like SNAP! can do for others.”

Pamela Peniston, Community Partner

The Center has active partnerships with over 70 community-based groups, including the Queer
Cultural Center (Qcc) that hosts many of their annual National Queer Arts Festival events at the
Center. Founded by Pam in 1993, Qcc is a multiracial community-building organization that fosters
the artistic, economic and cultural development of San Francisco’s LGBT community. She chose to
partner with the Center, in part, because our multi-purpose room rentals are available on a sliding-
scale. Such partnerships leverage Center resources to bring our community together, while insuring
existing community services are not duplicated.

Gary Yamada , Program Intern

Gary came to the Center understanding that by helping others to find jobs, he would gain valuable
experience to build his own career. Over a series of months, as a member of the Center’s Economic
Development department he conducted community and employer outreach for the Transgender
Job Fair, helped publicize multiple events, and even pitched in to help the Center’s fundraising as
needed. According to Gary, “Perhaps the most memorable experience was when some visitors to
the Center approached me to thank me for my work in organizing the job fairs. To them, being able
to speak with employers in a safe and inclusive environment was unheard of.”

Quincy Tanner, Event Volunteer

A key member of our Soiree 8 anniversary committee, Quincy worked on the silent auction,
organized food donations, worked with sponsors and eventually landed himself the role of
a lifetime as the event’s registration coordinator. He then returned to take on many tasks
associated with the Center’s 5th Annual Pride Party, including creating a dedicated event
website. Events such as the Soiree and Pride Party bring our community together and help
sustain the Center. Generous volunteers like Quincy make that possible.

Stefanie Schur, Center Women Present

Stefanie was a lesbian mom in search of a healthy queer-friendly community when she moved to
the Bay Area in 2003. Her volunteer work for the Center led Stefanie to join Center Women Present
(CWP), an all-volunteer Center initiative that brings the Bay Area community of diverse queer
women together. Stefanie has organized events and created CWP’s website, and became a Steering
Committee member in 2009. She’s proud of what CWP has accomplished, from social events
like Match-Up, Big Bunch of Whatever, and Newcomers, to support groups like Need To Talk and
Women’s Self-Defense, to performance events like Girls On Film and Speak Up.

Wes Freas and Pete Elting, Founding Donors

Among the Center’s first investors were Pete Elting and Wes Freas. Pete went on to become an early
board member, ensuring a strong foundation for San Francisco’s first permanent LGBT Community
Center. Wes continues to be a force today at the Center as the source and inspiration behind our
annual June Margaritas on the Deck Pride Party. What originally began as a small gathering of
friends to celebrate his birthday has grown into a community-wide Pride celebration and important
Center fundraising event, underwriting the Center’s critical safety net of direct services targeting the
most vulnerable in our community.
Photos credits: Chloe Christine, Kandi Taylor, Ross Pushinaitis, Charles Anderson, Eric Maxey, Guillaume Paumier, David Rubel and Aline Moura.
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Board of Directors Alumni

The San Francisco LGBT Community Center has tremendous gratitude for the individuals who have led the Center by
serving on the Board of Directors. Their dedication, diligence and clarity of vision have been the strong foundation on which
the Center has grown. We deeply appreciate their generous gifts of ability and time.
Richard L. Allman • Jeffrey C. Anderson • Derek Barnes • Brenda F. Barnette • Lisa Tamara Belenky • Jeff Bell
Anne Berkery • Laurie Bertolacci • Linda Blackmore • David Bowik-Asperin • Chris Carnes • Laura Castellanos • Don
Cecil • Tonya Chaffee • Julian Chang • Josie Clevenger • Josephine Cole • Christopher Collins • Carole Ann Coplan
Maria Cora • Duane Cramer • Billy Curtis • Robert N. Dadurka • Pamela David • Julie R. Davis • Deirdre Dawson
Darwin Dayan • Rosalinda del Moral • Anne Derryberry • Mike Discepola • Jeffrey J. Dorsey • Pete Elting • Robert
G. Evans • Page Faegre • Will Flowers • Suzanne Frank • Barbara French • Randi Gerson • Mariah Hanson • Hollis
Hardin • Erin Hirsch • Nicholas Hodges • James C. Holloway • Peggy Hughes • Stacy N. Jackson • Crystal J. Jang
Marla Jurosek • Leslie Katz • John I. Kennedy • Valerie Koehn • Deena Lahn • David Latina • The Hon. Mark Leno
B. Scott Levine • Greg Ligotti • Joe Lucero • Victor M. Marquez • Patricia Martel • Ken McNeely • Michael Medema
Nanette Lee Miller • Randolph Miller • Fredy Miranda • Deborah Montesinos • Derek Morales • Margaret Morvay
Zoon Nguyen • Michelle Ortiz • Juanita L. Owens • Richard Pabich • Jennifer Pariseau • Felicia Park-Rogers • Colin
Petheram • Douglas Pinter • Peter Poulos • Sabrina Riddle • Karla E. Rosales • Margo Rosen • Donna Sachet
Jean-Paul Samaha • Eric Sandler • Millie Saunders • Jeffrey A. Sead • Scott Shafer • Daniel Signani • Myles Silton
Sidney Silver • Michael Simmons • Erica Smith • Shane Snowdon • Frances Stevens • Margaret J. Stone • Betty L.
Sullivan • Juan Tam • Erik M. Terreri • Cheri Toney • Dana Van Gorder • Paul W. Vestal • John Vezina • Lesley Weaver
Scott Wiener • Frank H. Woo • A. Toni Young • Craig Zodikoff
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Staff Board of
Directors
Rebecca Rolfe Devon Nandagiri Debra Chaw
Executive Director Development Coordinator Board Co-Chair
Emilia Alarcon Roberto Ordeñana James Williamson
Information Technology Manager Director of Community Programs Board Co-Chair
David Bach Mila Pavlin Terry Micheau
Workforce Development Specialist Community Programs Manager
Board Treasurer
Leticia Batrez-Herrera Michael Pembridge
KidSpace Childcare Provider Facilities Assistant Michael S. Albert
Board Secretary
Beck Joseph Peralta
Youth Program Coordinator Community Programs Coordinator
Juan Barajas
Loretta Chung Anthony Philip Frankie Bashan
Administrative Assistant Director of Health and Wellness
Jacqueline Bennett
Clair Farley Pamela Stuessy
Transgender Economic Finance Manager Diana Berry
Development Coordinator Beth Burkhart
Todd Randall
Eugénie FitzGerald Facilities Assistant Masen Davis
Director of Community Development
Gayle Roberts Wade Estey
David Gonzalez Development Director Michael Hickcox
HIV Services Manager
Cat Stevans Amanda Keton
Joya Jones Events Coordinator
Economic Development Associate Paula Lykins
Ingrid Tischer Kelly Porter
Laura Louie Development Manager
KidSpace Childcare Provider Joel Preston
Mia TuMutch
Eric Martinez Youth Intern David Rak
Youth Program Coordinator Paul Mario Silvestre
Tracey R. Williams
Mike McLeod Business Assistance Specialist Paul B. Tan
Facilities Director
Shannon Wentworth
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Institutional Donors
July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2010

The Center’s contributors of corporate and foundation support are a tremendous source of financial stability for the
organization. Their generosity makes them true partners in our efforts to advance our mission of connecting our
diverse community to opportunities, resources and each other. We also gratefully acknowledge our in-kind donors.

$100,000+ The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund • Wachovia Foundation • Wells Fargo Foundation
$50,000 - $99,999 Bank of America • The Walter and Elise Haas, Sr. Fund • San Francisco Foundation
Tides Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999 Academy of Art University • AT&T Foundation • California Pacific Medical Center
Horizons Foundation • Levi Strauss Foundation • Pacific Gas and Electric Company • U.S. Bank
$10,000 - $24,999 Castro Community Benefit District • Comcast • Macy’s Foundation • McKesson
Corporation • Morgan Stanley • Safeway, Inc. • San Francisco 49ers • Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund
The Small Change Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999 Astraea Lesbian Foundation Inc. • California State Automobile Association • Chevron
Humankind Matching Gift Program • Clorox Company Foundation Employee Giving Campaign • Google
Greenleaf Produce • Hanson, Bridgett LLP • Kaiser Permanente • Lennar Communities -- Bay Area Urban
Macy’s Passport • San Francisco AIDS Foundation
van Löben Sels / RembeRock Foundation
The Victorian Alliance • The Women’s Foundation
of California
$1,000 - $4,999 Academy of Friends • Advent
Software • Bank of America Matching Gifts • Barbary
Coast Consulting • Bechtel National, Inc. • Brown and
Toland Medical Group • Catch Restaurant • Catholic
Healthcare West • CMP Community Connection
Foundation • Flying Bear Media • Gap Giving Campaign
KDLV • Kimpton Group • MJM Management Group
On The Avenue Marketing Group • Patelco Credit
Union • Price Waterhouse Coopers • Robert Half
International/Office Team • San Francisco Chronicle ...and discover what makes Joie de Vivre Hotels special. We are
proud to support The Center and to be part of this great city.
San Francisco Marriott • SF LGBT Pride Celebration While other hotels are in the business of selling rooms, our goal
Shorenstein Company LLC • Silicon View, LLC is to sell dreams...and no city dreams bigger than San Francisco.

Skyy Spirits • Smith Group • Spectrum Federal

Credit Union • Speramus Foundation • Sunset
Scavenger Company • Swanson, McNamara &
Haller, LLP • United Way Bay Area • Wald Law Group
Walgreens • Wells Fargo Community Support
Campaign • Yahoo! Matching Gifts jdvhotels.com/lgbt 800.738.7477
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Individual Gifts
July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2010
The Center is grateful for the generosity of the many individual community members whose gifts were received
over this two-year period. We deeply appreciate our Sustainers who are denoted with an *.

$40,000+ David Henry Jacobs $10,000 - $39,999 Anonymous • Jayclyde Bacom • Debra Chaw • Kenneth
Duchscherer • Robert G. Evans and Terry Micheau • Thomas Given and Bill Williamson • George R. Rolfe and
Lois Gamble Duncan • James Williamson and Geoff Kors $5,000-$9,999 James Wesley Cunningham
James Di Carlo • Inge Eudy • Brandon Fradd • Ambassador James C. Hormel and Michael Nguyen • Marla
Jurosek • Koji Kawano • Greg Ligotti • Thom Lynch • Douglas Pinter • Rebecca Rolfe and Susan Mooney
Paul Mario Silvestre and Brian Dittmar $2,500-$4,999 Michael S. Albert and Clarence Franks • Troy Barber
and Dan Steward • Laurie Bertolacci • David P. Black • Cedric Brown • Tina Buop • Beth Burkhart* • Tonya
Chaffee* • David M. Cover • Pete Elting and Wes Freas • Suzie Gleeson • Yvette Hirth • Bob F. Jeppesen
John I. Kennedy and Scott Shafer • Kerry Lobel and Marta Drury • Kevin McNamara and John Wolfe
Michael Medema • Doug Melton and Rick Paxson • John Newsome • Colin Petheram and Karteek Patel
Ferolyn Powell • Gayle Roberts • Annette Tracy • Barbara Vick • Steve Wereb • Scott Wiener $1,200-
$2,499 Merle Adams and Jed Davies • Jeffrey C. Anderson and Jeffrey T. Soukup* • Mike Barsul • Ignatius
Bau and John Bare • Brian W. Bonds • Janet Boyle and Jennifer Graham • Amity Pierce Buxton* • Don Cecil
and Mark Gilbert • Jennifer Chaiken and Sam Hamilton • Gary Demyen • Mike Dillon • Douglas Drummond and
John Tuttle • Martha Ehrenfeld and Carla McKay • Cleo G. Evans • Page Faegre • Anice Flesh • Maureen Futtner
and Kate White • Jen Gannon • Theresa Garnero • James W. Haas • Hany Haddad • Sean Hutchinson • Amanda
Keton and Aubrey Hone • The Hon. Mark Leno • Tony Lillios • Yan Liu • Margaret Lukic • Caroline Medline-Roat

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Andrea Murray • Vern Nuanez • Joel Preston and Kevin Harrigan • Jen Rainin and Frances Stephens • James
John Salerno and Karen Susan Kubick • Jeffrey R. Sampson • Mario Silvestre • Neil Sims and Tim Lucas
Erica Smith • Hillary Smith • Christine Solley • Erik M. Terreri • Bruce C. Traficante • Caroline Weis and Julie
Renfroe • Robert T. Weston • Archibald Wilson $500-$1,199 Sherilyn Adams* • Lamott Atkins • Brenda F.
Barnette • Eileen Blumenthal and Patricia Dunn • Julian Chang* • Cynthia Chaw • Elinor Chaw • Julie Clark
Carole Ann Coplan • Christopher Daley • Renee De Cossio • Pam DeLuca • Kelly M. Dermody • Bruce and
Barbara Dittmar • The Hon. Bevan Dufty • Don Eastman • Jeffrey Eugley • John and Sandra Fewer • Vincent
A. Fortunato • Mark Foy • Stefani Francis • Jerry Frost • Porter Gale • Cynthia Gomez • Robert Guite
Cynthia Guynn • Nathan Hale • Jeff Harlowe • Kris Hermanns • Jody Hoenninger and Liza Sibley • Robert R.
Holgate • Charmaine Hope • Don Jerabek and Butler Rodeno, Jr. • Lindsey Jones • Kim Kennedy-Shaw
Max Kirkeberg • Wendy Kosanovich and Hillary Ware • Stacy Lamirand and Sunne Souders • Amy Lavezzo
Dale Lenci • Benjamin Leong • Jeff Lewy and Ed Eishen • John Mackin • Donald Medley • Tim Moody
Timothy Murrill • Robert Noble • Roger Norton • Heide Oberndorf • James M. Oschwald and Dale Murphy
John Osthaus and Brad Brewster • Drew Paxton • Stephen Perreault • Michael Phillips • Matt Pipes
Kimberly Pope • Chase Powell and Kuan Loon Yong • Diana Rangel • Douglas Rayner and Mark Alan Miller
Robert Rice • Sabrina Riddle • Richard Rockwell • William Russel • Jeffrey Schindler and Mark Friedlander
Mary Schmidt and Sira Anderson • Donna Seid • Jay R. Shaffer • Bevin Shamel • Yensing Sihapanya • John
Simonds and Dan Swilley • Randall Smith • Kenneth Stram and Steaven Campbell • Patrick D. Strieck
Hillary Tholen • Julia and Samuel Thoron • Pam Tinswell • Sheryl Traum and Anne Johnson • Ted A.
Tucker • Dana Van Gorder • John Vezina • Margaret Walsh • Markus Watson • Lesley Weaver • Shannon
Wentworth • Gail Whitaker and Jan Andreasen • Frank H. Woo and Sheldon J. Sloan* • Mark A. Ziering
$249-$500 Carmen Allison • Stephen Altbaum • Michael Balistreri • Adam Barea and Patrick Morgan
David Barlow • Dr. Frankie and Elizabeth Bashan • John Bell • Tom Boag and Ralph Hamblin • Diane Boyer
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INDIVIDUAL GIFTS CONTINUED: Chris Bransford and Jim Nash • Tansy Brooks • Lisa Brown and Daniel
Handler • Frank and Ted Bruce* • Thomas Burns • Raymond Buscemi • Amy Butcher* • Doug Cannon
Omar Cecilio • Jeanette Chang • Paul Chartrand • Jonathan Child • Anthony Chiu • Rachel Christenson
Peter Cocolla* • Michael Cogliandro, Jr. • David Crestfield and Johnnie Norway • Peggy Critz
Brandy Cuevas • Susan Dagnese • Robert B. Daroff, MD • Randy Deboer • Nicole Dessoye • Earl Diskin
Steve Disselhorst • Lynna Do • Maggie Dolan • Robert Driggs • Zoe Dunning • Howard Edelstein • Christian
Edvardsen • Lauren Elliot • Rev. Richard G. Fabian • Frederick Fechtner • Lisa Finkelstein • Thomas Firpo
and Benjamin Fowler • Sylvia Fortenberry • Suzanne Frank • Donald Frisbie • Antonio Garcia-Rivas • Margo
George and Catherine Karrass • James J. Gibboney and Paul Blanchard, Jr. • Michael Ginther and James
O’Donnell • Mario J. Goes • Gina Denae Gross • Janine Guillot and Shannon Wilson • Ann Hadley • Lynn Hall
Stefan Hastrup and Gary Schilling • James Hendriksen and Terisa Chaw • Ruth Herring • Amy Hill
Chris Hirano • Bill Hirsh and Thompson Chambers • Lisa B. Hoffman • Larry Horowitz • Stephen Huey • Amy
Hurwith • Darren Iverson • Sara Jane • Donna Kayiatos • Jim Kelleher • Janice Kellogg • Erwin Kelly, Jr.
Brian Khoury and Lisa Gibello • Lindsey Kremmel • Kyra Kyrias • Brian Lammers • Cindy Larson • Kristin
Laymon • Joe Lesnak • Elaine Lissner • Rogelio Lopez • Jeffrey Lyttle • Rafael Mandelman • Eric Mann and
Scott Fletcher • Gregory J. Marks • Cassandra Mayall • Robert McDonald and Wayne Sobon • Kevin
McHenry • Shireen McSpadden and D.J. Siegman • Nader Meykadeh • Richard Miller • Brandon Miller • Jack
Newby • Daniel Nicoletta and Michael Pinateeli, Jr. • Debra Niemann and David Brodwin • Gerald Novelly
Karen Nutter and Lynda Pireg • Lester Olmstead-Rose • Theresa Ono • Michelle Ortiz • Scott J. Owens, Jr.
Sue Parsell • Al Parso • Gary Pegueros • Greg Pennington • Janet Pipes • Steve Polsky and Mark Oliver
Robert Potter • Robert Price and Daniel Syme • Donna Prowse • Tim Ramsey • Larry Rand • Amy Robinson
Gerald B. Rosenstein • Travis Rue • Donna Sachet • Mark Saltzberger • Jagan Samudrala • Linda Scaparotti
Peter Scott • AJ Shepard • Norma Urcuyo Siani and Albert Alston • Michael Simmons • Michael Skaar and

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Cole Tyler • Suzanne Skipper • Aaron Slater • Dr. Bruce M. Smith and Paul L. Castellano • Laurie Smith
Niki Solis • Kelly Stiles • Susan Stryker • Harold Sullivan • Rachael Swann and Rachael Gill • Dr. Patrick Swift
and Peter Williamson • Sal Tahamrin • James H. Takagi and Glenn E. Davis • Michael Tate • Tom Taylor and
Jerome Goldstein • Robert Taylor • Geof Teague • Jennifer Thompson • Minna Toa • Amy Vernetti • Anthony
Villescas • Adonica Wade • Ann Wansley and Pat Harber • Greg Weigel • James Whitaker • Sheryll A. White
John Williams • Randall Wittorp • Tracey Woodward • Steven Yakle • Andy York • Tara Zorovich $100-$249
Theodore E. Abreu • Emilia S. Alarcon • Ana Allwood • Mitch Altman • Ramon Alustisa • The Hon. Tom
Ammiano • David Ammons • Michael Anderson • Brian Armbrust • Beau August • Harley Augustino • Sofia
Ayala* • David M. Bach • D. Cameron and Audrey Ivanetic Baker • Greg Baldwin • Brooke Banks • Brian
Banuelos • Terry Baransy and Robert Artesani • Adam Baron • James Owen Bartlett and Theodore Z. Hax
Roy Bateman • Jeanne Bear • Gerald W. Becerra • Brendan Behan* • Peter Lake Bellinger and Joe Grubb
Michael Bergen • Diana Berry • Iris Biblowitz • Myra Bicknell • Sharon Black • Dennis Blanchard and Barry
Lynch • Lee Blitch • Gerry A. Blunt • David and Joseph Bowik-Asperin • Peter Bradley, Ph.D. • Noah Breyer
Louis Briasco • Lisa Bridges • Raymond Bridges • Roland Burgmann and Betty Suh-Burgmann • Ralph Burr
and Andrew Cushing • Frank Capley • Maureen Carew • Kyle Celio • Benjamin Chaloner-Grill • James T.
Chappell • David Charette and James Gosnell • Derek Cinpak and John Miller • William Cleaveland • Jennifer
Coffy • William B. Coolidge • Kevin and Zoe Crowder • Michael Curless • Henrietta S. Currier • Gregory
Dalton and Lucia Choi • Anna B. Damiani • Aaron Danzig • Dinara Davhetshina • Masen Davis • Dawn Deana
James Dobkins • Robert D. Dockendorff • J. Doherty • Tamar Dorfman and Joe Kahne • Holly Doudiet
Roger Doughty • Nanette Duffy • Paul Duhamel and Esteban Ramirez • Christopher E. Duncan and Reece
S. Joyner • Jay Edwards • Wade Estey • John Farham • Braudilio and Leah Feliz • John Ferrara and Charles
Zukow • Patrick Fitzgerald • Brian Fitzgibbons • Mortiz Fliedner • Melissa Font • Sherri Franklin • Deborah
Franks • Ross Fubini • Charles R. Gallegly • Jose Madeira Garcia • Ruben Garcia • Lance Garcia • Kevin Gardner
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INDIVIDUAL GIFTS CONTINUED: James Garnell and David Charette • Glori Garvin • Randi Gerson • Shawn
Giammattei and Peggy Marvin • Lisa Gibello • Robert Glavin • Jann Gobble • Alex Gomez • Alejandro
Gonzalez • Eileen Grady • Jim Grand and Steve Spurgeon • Donald Graves • William Grimmer and David
Perry • Edward Haertel • Harold Hagen • Howard Hahn • Alexis Halstead • Rod Hammersley • Doug E.
Hanlin and Kelvin P. Lynch • George F. Hanrahan • Jack Harper • Tom Harshman • Douglas Hayward
Margaret Hazelrig • Pieter Hazewindus • Russell Heald • Dave Hendrickson and Daniel Sonnenfeld • Paul
Herrera • Matthew Hicks • Courtney Higgins • Elizabeth Hirsch • Katharine Holland • Aubrey Hone • Ania
and Heather Hopfer • Robert Hosking • Kim Hraca • Mary Hrize • Victoria A. Hudson and Monika Poxon
Harry S. Hum and Kenneth L. Holford • Shane Humphreys • Arcelia Hurtado • David S. Hyman • Philip Javete
Michael Job • J.T. Johnson • Jean Johnson and Edward Egenias • Jay Emerson Johnson • Tanya Johnson
Spencer Jones and Tyler Barrick • Dan Joraanstad and Bob Hermann • Edward Jorczyk • Jason Jrevis
Steve Juliano • Joseph A. Kasarda and Woodrow A. Troupe, III • Eric Keller • Devesh Khatu • Elizabeth
Kiefling • Lawrence Kim • Arline Klatte and Jonathan Ennis • Brian Kliment • Gregory Kolb • Andrew Kurtzig
Lisette Lahana • Jennifer Lamb • Daniel P. Langford • Carolyn Laub • Stephen LeBlanc • Erick Ledesma
Dakota Lee • Marla Leech • Robert W. Lemmon • Dominique Leslie • Alan Leung • Candiece Lewis and
Amber Burkan • Tortuga Bi Liberty and Barbara Clancy • Steven Lind • Edward Loehrer • Deborah Logon
and Bonnie Landess • Alfred Lopez and Bob Perry • Jen Lorne • Arthur Louie • Steven Lubeski • Peter
Lunny and John Lipp • Dana Lurie and Dalila Vargas • Brad Lyman • Phyllis Lyon • Adam Maass • George
Macaluso and Craig James • Jason Macario • Gary and Carla Macknin • Shane Maddox • Kristine Alix
Maiden-Baillie • Lucy Marino • Elizabeth Marlow • Steve Martel • Michael Mascioli • Sally McCaffrey
Jeannine McFarlane • Paul Mcintyre • Donald P. McKillop and Raymond R. Holkko • Robert R. McLoud
Heather McMillis • Ellen L. McNeil • David Meders • Stephen Melikian • Sal Meza • Becky Michael • Gregory
Millard • John Miller • Timothy Miller and Dave Corral • Paul A. Millner • Lori Mitchell and Allisdar Brown Lee

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Tony Moraga • Laura Moran • Richard Mordesovich • William H. Moss and Christopher Wiley • David Murphy
Brian Mutert and Fred Kluth • Anthony Myint • Dena Narbaitz • Tony G. Negri and Kha Hoang • Kim Noon-
Fojut • Micheal Novelly • Laura Oheir • Jock Olney • Christian Olsen-Synoradzki and Brendan Flynn • Jen
Olson • Patrick O’Malley • Shawn O’Meora • Kathleen Ortiz and Wendy Miller • David Paisley • Eleanor
Palacios • Sharon Papo and Amber Weiss • Brian Parker and Leyna Bernstein • Scott Paro • Alan Pass and
Robert Schaffer • Steven Patch and Jim O’Donnell • Benjamin Patterson • Bob Pavese • Elizabeth Pesch
and Nicole Raeburn • Philip Petit • Elisa Petrucci • Svetlana Ponomareva • Matt Porta and Geoffrey
Dryuynsyde • Steve Porter • George J. Prendergast • Kenneth Privett • Rebecca Prozan and Julia Adams
Mark Quady • David Rak and Tony Ibarra • Salvador Ramos • Michael Reese • Kirk S. Reeves • Dennis
Richard • Dennis Richards and Andrew Conner • Gale Richards • Eileen Ridley • Jacob Roberts • David
Robinson • Fernando Robles • Howard Roffman • Christopher Todd Ruetz • Mark Russell • Doug Sabo
Barry Saiff • Amor Santiago and Harry Martin • Robert W. Sass • William Scherer • Edward Schiffer • Maria
Schissel • Beth Schitzer • Jodi Schwartz • Bonnie and Jasmine Schwartz • Matthew Searles • Scott Shafer
Avrum and Jane Shepard • Gary Sherman and Eric Temple • Lia Shigemura • Steven Short • Paul Shuttleworth
and Dale Lenci • Daniel Signani • Chris Sinton • John Sirley • Ron and Judy Skorka • Jeff Small • Erin Smith
Ken Smith • Shane Snowdon and Toni A. Littlestone • Carolina Solis and Simone Dubois • Laura Spanjian
Robert Stein • Howard Steinberg • Dr. Betty L. Sullivan • Paul Tan • Terese Tatum • Evan Terry • Kit Thomas
and Kirk Salanga • Lance Toma • Julie Tsai and John Bertrand • John Tuttle • Paul Unson • Pete Van Auken
Gary Virginia • Doug Waggener • Leonard Waguespack • Jeff Waldon • Daryl Walker • Daniel Want • Jane
Watson • Brian Weart • Steven Weaver • Rebecca Weill • Dennis Wells and Antonio Rubin • Glenn Wiegert
Steven L. Wiesner • Clare Winterton • Heather Wisor • Steven Wissing • Randy Withrop • Ron Wong and
Michael Tekulsky • William J. Woods • Evan Wright and John Linderman • Kenneth Wright • Michael Yang
Susan Ytterberg • Craig Zodikoff and Jay Grant • Arnold M. Zwicky
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 In-Kind Donors
The Center gratefully acknowledges these in-kind gifts that
were valued at $1,000 and up.

Absolut Vodka JW Marriott San Francisco

Access Scaffolding Kalani Oceanside
Air New Zealand Retreat Village
Alaska Airlines Kelly Moore Paints
American Apparel Kimpton Hotels
Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Little Gay Book
Albert and Arlene Betti Marriott Hotels
Brian Dittmar Design Inc. Medjool and
Medallion Steakhouse
California Pacific
Medical Center National Center for
Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
Closet Factory
Olivia Cruises
Comcast
Open Imagery and
Curve Magazine Stanford Court Hotel
Daddy Hunt.com Colin Petheram
David Bohnett Foundation and Karteek Patel
Pam David Maben and
and Cheryl Lazar Robert Rainwater
DeLessio’s Market Rancho Las Palmas
and Bakery Robert Noble
DIFFA Interior Design
Jeffrey Frost RSVP Vacations, LLC
Frame-O-Rama Southwest Airlines
Golfsmith Sports Basement
Grand Hyatt New York Sweet Cruises
Hadley Media Inc. Swirl Radio
Here Media The Examiner
Horizons Condominiums United Airlines
Estate of Robert Jenkins Virgin America
Joie de Vivre Hospitality Virgin Atlantic
Jones Day Bill Wilkerson
and Thomas Green
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Statement of Financial Position

June 30, 2010
(With Comparative Totals for June 30, 2009)

2010 2009
Assets

Current  Assets
Cash $                                        62,900 $                                          89,146  
Accounts  receivable                                            20,648                                                20,176
Grants  receivable                                        126,349                                                78,130
Pledges  receivable                                            33,323                                                45,867
Prepaid  expenses                                            13,422                                                12,178
Total  Current  Assets                                        256,642                                          245,497
 

Property  and  equipment,  net                              10,412,387

                                 10,772,962

Deposits                                                1,262
                                                     2,651

Total  Assets $                        10,670,291 $                            11,021,110

Liabilities and Net Assets

Current  LiabiliJes
Accounts  payable  and  accrued  expenses $                                    264,118 $                                      175,328  
Rental  deposits                                            13,524                                                16,214
Short  term  loans                                              35,000                                                26,941
CondiJonal  grant  -­‐  current  porJon                                                14,000                                                14,000
Long  term  debt  and  obligaJon  under  capital  lease-­‐  
current  porJon                                                14,132                                                53,048
Total  Current  LiabiliJes                                        340,774                                          285,531
 

CondiJonal  grant-­‐long  term  porJon                                              42,000                                                42,000

Long  term  debt  and  obligaJon  under  capital  lease                                    3,160,188                                    3,133,953

Total  LiabiliJes                                  3,542,962                                    3,461,484

Commitment  and  ConJngencies

Net  Assets
Unrestricted                                  7,082,125                                    7,544,626
Temporarily  restricted                                              10,204
Permanently  restricted                                              35,000                                                15,000
Total  Net  Assets                                  7,127,329                                    7,559,626

Total  LiabiliJes  and  Net  Assets $                        10,670,291 $                            11,021,110

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Statement of Activities
Year Ended June 30, 2010
(With Comparative Totals for the Year Ended June 30, 2009)

Total
Temporarily Permanently
Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2010 2009

Support and Revenue

Support
Government  grants $          763,848 $                                     $                                       $          763,848 $          777,873
Founda9on  and  corporate  grants              320,335
             169,000
               489,335
               725,365
 
Dona9ons              153,798
                 16,263
                   20,000
               190,061
               199,513
 
In-­‐kind  support                  57,393
                   57,393
                   25,263
 
Event,  net  of  donor  benefit                  15,311
                   15,311
                   53,852
 
Total  support        1,310,685            185,263
                   20,000
         1,515,948        1,781,866
Revenue
Rental  payments              182,315
               182,315
               255,866
 
Program  revenue                  27,313
                   27,313
                   25,425
 
Miscellaneous                    12,401
                   12,401
                         9,140
Total  revenue              222,029
                                       -­‐                                            -­‐              222,029
               290,431
 
Net  assets  released  from  restric9ons                175,059
           (175,059)                                          -­‐                                          -­‐                                          -­‐

Total  Support  and  Revenue        1,707,773                10,204

                   20,000
         1,737,977        2,072,297

Expenses
Program          1,423,255        1,423,255        1,689,519
General  and  administra9on                  93,874
                   93,874
               113,329
 
Fundraising              292,570
               292,570
               275,049
 

Total  Expenses        1,809,699                                      -­‐                                            -­‐        1,809,699        2,077,897

Change  in  net  assets  before  deprecia9on              (101,926)                10,204

                   20,000
                 (71,722)
                     (5,600)
 

Deprecia9on  expense              360,575

                                       -­‐                                            -­‐              360,575
               368,512
 

Change  in  net  assets                (462,501)                    10,204                        20,000                (432,297)              (374,112)

Net  Assets,  beginning  of  year        7,544,626                                      -­‐                    15,000

         7,559,626        7,933,738

Net  Assets,  end  of  year $    7,082,125 $            10,204

  $              35,000
  $    7,127,329 $    7,559,626
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